It has been almost a revelation to the writer to find that, since the communists' regime in' 1927,. the tenant farmer's lot has undergone, gradually, a considerable change for the worse. He must now give to landlord surety money in advance to farm his fields, which was not common before "that time. The amount that the landlord requires is rather more than formerly. In the Siang-siang county some places the tenant gets only one-fifth and sometimes barely one-fifth of the crop for his work. It is not strange that the lot of the farmer in such cases, is unbearable. He cannot get_ anything like wages for his work with rice s0 cheap. Tt varies from less than twenty per cent. up to 40 per cent, never more than that in this district Another ease of an apparent. grinding the face of the poor," is the lot of the rickshaw puller on the Tan-Pao Road. For a long time was akin to a law breaker, for no rales were made whereby he could Tawfully use the road at all, and some cases of severe punistiment were reported. Recently the road authorities have issued licences for part of the road amounting to more than $1 per month for each rickshaw. The rickshaw puller does not own his rickshaw and must pay approximately $6 to the company for the use of his vehicle. This means that the puller must pay $7 or more per month before he gets anything for himself. The competition is keen and some of the men pull tremendous loads ana work long hours for little pay.
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